Thomas S Brown
@tomsbrown.bsky.social
Illustrator, performer, walker of the hills at dusk, lunatic. I get paper dirty professionally. As it is said in Hookland, Re-enchantment is resistance.
Pro EU, passionately anti fascist. https://thomassbrown.com/
Pro EU, passionately anti fascist. https://thomassbrown.com/
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Thomas S Brown
@tomsbrown.bsky.social
· Jan 12
Whimsey here, that is not afraid of the dark, and an illustrator in love with books. I have some of the best publishers and authors in the world. I'd love to work with you in 2026.
thomassbrown.com
thomassbrown.com
And a third one for the librarians.
Added cat at no additional charge.
Added cat at no additional charge.
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
And a third one for the librarians.
Added cat at no additional charge.
Added cat at no additional charge.
For you.
Today’s moment of calm is a tiny owl in an antique pinchbeck frame
February 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
For you.
Oh...alright then.
I know SCRATCH MOSS isn’t out yet but our folk horror friends at @waterstones.bsky.social are looking even further ahead to TWISTED PIKE. Get 25% off by using code FEB26 if you book before the clock chimes midnight on February 20th!
www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
February 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Oh...alright then.
BELA!!
What happens when a student reporter investigates a den of vampires? @tomsbrown.bsky.social made this homage variant to Bela Lugosi's Dracula, making this classic vampire look a little more like our vampires. Get this and more from the Miskatonic High 30 campaign. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mis...
February 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM
BELA!!
A Moss Maiden of Hookland for you this morning.
February 18, 2026 at 10:09 AM
A Moss Maiden of Hookland for you this morning.
Goodnight to @hookland.bsky.social
and a good night to us all.
and a good night to us all.
Goodnight from the Nun’s Walk Shopping Centre, where security guard Len Wall is wondering how such a new building can be so effing haunted. Goodnight from Toby Wrack, walking the long mile of Brighthaven Pier to make embassy with the King-Under-the-Sea. Goodnight from Hookland.
February 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Goodnight to @hookland.bsky.social
and a good night to us all.
and a good night to us all.
It is both a pleasure and an honour to be working with @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social .
I've just seen @tomsbrown.bsky.social 's newest illustration for RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS (coming out in October & available for pre-order now from @badhandbooks.bsky.social ) and I just have to say...I am so lucky. This book is going to be gorgeous!!! 🥰
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It is both a pleasure and an honour to be working with @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social .
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and i wrote this a decade ago about jackson as the model response to trump-style politics www.slate.com/articles/new...
Demoralized Democrats Have a Road Map for Success in Trump’s America. It Was Written by Jesse Jackson.
Jesse Jackson first ran for president during the national farm bust of the early 1980s. Debt for farmers had exploded from $85 billion in 1976 to $216 ...
www.slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
and i wrote this a decade ago about jackson as the model response to trump-style politics www.slate.com/articles/new...
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Jesse Jackson 'I Am Somebody' on Sesame Street
YouTube video by Headline USA
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February 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Another for the librarians.
(and fans of clockwork toads. um.)
(and fans of clockwork toads. um.)
February 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Another for the librarians.
(and fans of clockwork toads. um.)
(and fans of clockwork toads. um.)
Time passes. Listen, time passes.
Good morning, all.
Good morning, all.
February 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Time passes. Listen, time passes.
Good morning, all.
Good morning, all.
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Goodnight to @hookland.bsky.social and a good night to us all.
Goodnight from Jake Barber, reminding himself that living on a boat moored on Red Eel Island was always going to demand an unusual level of appeasements. Goodnight from Laura Tilling, hearing Honeywink Wood growling against a wounded memory of fire and axe. Goodnight from Hookland.
February 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Goodnight to @hookland.bsky.social and a good night to us all.
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'Spirit of the Woods' 🦉
Woodcut print of a tawny owl hovering in front of an oak forest (two separate blocks)
#OwlishMonday 🪶🌿🌘
Woodcut print of a tawny owl hovering in front of an oak forest (two separate blocks)
#OwlishMonday 🪶🌿🌘
February 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
'Spirit of the Woods' 🦉
Woodcut print of a tawny owl hovering in front of an oak forest (two separate blocks)
#OwlishMonday 🪶🌿🌘
Woodcut print of a tawny owl hovering in front of an oak forest (two separate blocks)
#OwlishMonday 🪶🌿🌘
You know you have, and here it is!!
One of my favourite books at all/ever.
One of my favourite books at all/ever.
If you ever thought "what would a British version of Hereditary mixed with The Dunwich Horror look like", or if you've never thought that but now you are, I have the book for you
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/821763/thirteenth-by-c-m-rosens/
A gloriously unhinged eldritch family drama
#Horror
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/821763/thirteenth-by-c-m-rosens/
A gloriously unhinged eldritch family drama
#Horror
Thirteenth by C.M. Rosens: 9798217265503 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Lovecraftian horror meets kitchen sink drama in this darkly funny tale of toxic families, eldritch body horror and female rage. Katy Porter is the thirteenth child of a thirteenth child in an inbred...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
You know you have, and here it is!!
One of my favourite books at all/ever.
One of my favourite books at all/ever.
Yes. I Absolutely just submitted art to the new Weird Tales.
I did get to illustrate a Ligotti story in one of its previous incarnations. (!)
Long history as a fan.
appendages crossed.
I did get to illustrate a Ligotti story in one of its previous incarnations. (!)
Long history as a fan.
appendages crossed.
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Yes. I Absolutely just submitted art to the new Weird Tales.
I did get to illustrate a Ligotti story in one of its previous incarnations. (!)
Long history as a fan.
appendages crossed.
I did get to illustrate a Ligotti story in one of its previous incarnations. (!)
Long history as a fan.
appendages crossed.
OH
The classic pulp horror magazine Weird Tales is returning in 2026 as a graphic novel anthology. Find out what to expect from this gruesome new collection. https://bit.ly/4kBIpfP
February 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
OH
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It’s the Government’s duty to protect all communities - including trans people.
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
Zack Polanski on how Keir Starmer could have changed the April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling to protect trans rights (EXCLUSIVE)
Zack Polanski revealed how Keir Starmer could have acted to protect trans rights after April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling.
www.attitude.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
It’s the Government’s duty to protect all communities - including trans people.
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
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February 16, 2026 at 8:24 AM
...and keeping with the cat theme,
good afternoon.
good afternoon.
February 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
...and keeping with the cat theme,
good afternoon.
good afternoon.
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You tell yourself it's the ivy moving against the glass. Tell yourself old, half-abandoned buildings are full of noises you'll never fathom out. Then the voices start and you realise no writhing vegetation, no auditory pareidolia from ancient pipes offers up full sentences.
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
You tell yourself it's the ivy moving against the glass. Tell yourself old, half-abandoned buildings are full of noises you'll never fathom out. Then the voices start and you realise no writhing vegetation, no auditory pareidolia from ancient pipes offers up full sentences.
Next (absolute dream) gig lined up, so I can now send work to The Folio Society without feeling like such a supplicant.
February 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Next (absolute dream) gig lined up, so I can now send work to The Folio Society without feeling like such a supplicant.
In related news. @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social has perpetrated another book which I must have.
Contains the phrase "Daughter of Crows is Lawrence’s best work to date" -- whether that's caveated in any way is up for you to discover by clicking the link.
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-daugh...
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-daugh...
REVIEW: Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence
Daughter of Crows is grimdark to the core, but with a sense of literary maturity that the genre rarely sees ...saturated with venom, vengeance, and violence, while also serving as a deeply emotional c...
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
In related news. @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social has perpetrated another book which I must have.